Game Thread: Brewers at Reds (2013.05.10)

The Reds look to get back on track after losing their first home series of the season to the Braves last week by taking on the Milwaukee Brewers at home. The Brewers are currently under .500 and I would love nothing more than to see them further under that mark by Sunday’s end.

But first, rookie phenom Tony Cingrani will look to keep his perfect record in tact and record his third victory of the season. He’ll face off against Yovani Gallardo whom the Reds have had a decent amount of success against in his career.

The forecast does not look great, but let’s hope the rain holds off so the Reds can take game 1 of this series. Go Reds!

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: I honestly think Chapman is miscast as a closer. I don’t mean the usual “he’s more valuable as a starter” argument (though he probably would be), I mean that closers have to pitch 4 days in a row and then not for a week (the way some, but not all managers, including Dusty, manage their closer). This is not good for Chapman. He can’t pitch many days in a row, and he really isn’t good on a lot of rest, apparently.

@Hank Aarons Teammate: Agree on the back to back to back but is it a question of not being able to throw secondary pitches consistently? They have worked him as a starter in ST and yet leave him in the Pen – gotta be more than Dusty wants him there